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This might sound really silly but the other day I realised what this
blog is all about. I had been feeling all bothered about not having a singular voice or a focus for the blog.
I wanted it to be cohesive, but felt it came across as muddled and
without direction because of all my separate interests, ideas
and aspects to my life.
It hit me whilst browsing some other blogs about parenting; The Minimalist Mom, The imagination tree and Little eco footprints.
And now, having seen the way other people come across on their blogs, I
can explain the content of my blog with one wonderful word, Alternative. Let me explain first by examining what I see as being the opposite to "Alternative":
The
Anti-to my "alternative" can be encompassed in three words;
conventional, mainstream and conformist. I see these things as
following the status-quo, not questioning, accepting the way things are,
not hoping for change. Also, (perhaps rather more controversially) I
see this way of life as being Capitalist; a life in which on strives for
always more money and/or power; consumerism.
My life, and this
blog is about getting more of other things in my life than money, stuff
and power. More love, more joy, more peace, greater satisfaction,
better relationships, greater autonomy, more self-reliance when it
comes to material things, better quality of life. And in so doing,
following a way of life which is alternative to the mainstream of what
most people do; challenging what is the norm and being more mindful of
the planet as I do so. Putting this into practical terms means my blog
is about:

Trying to be financially self-sufficient through working for myself,
selling my wares (Art, crafts) and my skills (teaching, photography),

Trying to be more environmentally friendly and self-sufficient
through growing my own veg (Allotment), making things rather than buying
them (crafts) and doing things that help the environment, or at the
least cause it less damage,

Thinking about life, the world and everything in a different way,
not conforming to how society expects me to behave, act, dress etc.

And all these things are of course interconnecting, so it looks something like this:

A bit messy I know, but that's just me!
On the outside my life looks fairly ordinary, I am a new mum, currently on maternity leave, married for 3 years, living in a two bed semi in the suburbs of a large south-eastern town, but inside, I feel anything but ordinary.

So in summary, this blog is about my life...my Alternative life, my extraordinary life, the truth.

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The smell of freshley baked bread, the sound of a baby laughing. the feel of spring rain on my skin, the sight of a sprouting seed, everything that is beautiful, everything that is lovely, everything that is good.